The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-15
WEATHER.

70 0l' Oily Jun had served five yeo,.
% - i iouS o1fense. He reasoned that N,
T-cer had nm dead to rights ON +bo -, Wv
aSe' and that he would pro6ahIv D.. s-o..i ier
III zen OF fifteen years This nros,,aot -
0 MN desperate, and he had datoi
ON a desperate thing. '0Oei lliiiled
:, SlC down over there!" he commando, 49,.
ne e, helpless officer obeyed anu
want of me?n 'iiii' "hat do you
%lq arrest you for utterinp co,,n4o::e.,.
e COT Rt any proofs,~
:, EbpIenty."
s-Ers. "en' That settles it. I'd rather die +ho.
+. N4ck TO prison, but you shall die With
Joha tiI XII you and skip but I'd be RIM [1oI
'ld hung Wen go togetberIn I'll ''o"h
e.loo. .af . ''Dlo III the room was a fiftv nound
fnes VI powder, and leading into if ,yos f,
!; minute fuse. Jim walked across ~ a Lour
20 teIeu the officer anew and LIGHTED tba, !
OF the fuse with the remark, 'iie ehu
ioui minutes Wen be in Hill IF 1,o,,
a -l"1e d move from that chair I,IJ ba,,o ~
on ar you ON ahead little soonerrn ~
,,,,1i 'iIi IN II wait and go with your coorv
nj too I'tl''el' and If you've no objections
- I, LAKE OUT my watch and call time y
mat viii be good idea. said liz,
put came the watch and tba lIa+ao4. onl' ana
SIT: -0 'iie detective called
Ten secondsl Fifteenl Twenty, r,:..n
md so on "eHIy !-Rttuaiyp --ls,
Nobody viii never knokeIS '''e ago by the
US, remarked Jim as '>''' .mrt.
i've i-'fTIred Paulo is the ac,, -,,bo+ bannened
up for hearing at the Stbe first minute was
morning at 10 o'clool
ni'e'39 zee, fey'n mix up the scraps and prob
| ably Jury q portion of me along WIN you
That's the only thing L care about"
s.Well. always was fond of good COM
| pany," retorted Jim.
When TIVE minutes had passed the detec-
tive began to softly whistle to himself
at will come mighty sudden when 1t
comes" observed Jim as he crossed his legs
s.Yes. we won't know what hurt Us"
whats the time nowI'
"Oh, we've got over a minute yet"
"Don't you wish you hadn't come"
UNo sir [ was bound to have you or die
with you"
"Thats the sort! It's some honor to die
with s1ch man as you. The fuse is getting
pretty short" -,
"We've got fifteen seconds more"
Madden leaned back in his chair, and Jim
held the revolver full on his breast. he
hadn't been playing a bluff game and the de-
toctive had made up his mind that there was
no escape from death From the corner OF
his eve he watched the fire creep nearer and
roarer. but he did not move finger. The
spark finally touched the slaves OF the keg'
and Madden fell that his last minute of life
had come. He dropped his eyes to his watch
and saw the seconds ny past-two-tour-
fye-ten, and he felt that there had been
some miscarriage. When fifteen seconds had
passed Jim growled out:
, 'The durn thing has gone back on me-"
He rose up, as If to go over and examine 1t,
] and the instant the nuzzle of his revolver
was depressed Madden sprang for HIM and
> struck him a blow between the eyes which
e feled him like an OK. The revolver was dis
/ charged, but the bullet entered the floor
In another minute Jim was handcuffed and
E dragged out. He wilted soon as the irons
. were on him, and no trouble was expert
L enced in getting him to Reading. He wa
: silent and sulky with Madden, but to me ne
said;
/ "Say, old man, you've got partner to b'
s proud of! He's got more nerve than any
( other man that livesm
: excepting you" replied, and he strokeC
y his long whiskers and seemed pleased will
e the compliment-D Detroit Free Press.